More on the Youth Justice Board? A few weeks back this column tried to offer a little defence to criticism of the board from a parliamentary committee (YPN, 20-26 October, p11). Now the board is giving its own view of its strengths and weaknesses.
So what's new this year? Well, one obvious change is the arrival in significant numbers of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs). As these are civil orders, there is no obligation or resources for youth offending teams (YOTs) to work with young people given ASBOs. Somebody needs to pick up the tab here and it does seem that local authority crime and disorder reduction partnerships are increasingly looking to fund YOTs for preventive work.
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